Star profile
16 Aurigae
What is 16 Aurigae
16 Aurigae glows in amber along the figure of the Charioteer, a K-type star cooler and more golden than the Sun. Its light crosses about 232 years to reach us: it left around 1794, when Europe still trembled with the echoes of the French Revolution. A discreet presence inside a famous quadrilateral, inviting the eye to look past the constellation's brighter beacons.
Where it is and when to see it
16 Aurigae lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is December: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
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A public signature from a real person. The chosen name is a symbolic denomination within Stelvia, with no official standing or IAU recognition: the sky is not for sale and belongs to no one.
Astronomical data for 16 Aurigae
- Constellation
- Auriga
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.54
- Distance
- 232.3 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 79.544° · Dec 33.372°
- Catalogue
- HIP 24727 · HD 34334
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Other stars in Auriga
Auriga has 76 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- CapellaAlpha Aurigae0.08
- HYG 1183600.96
- MenkalinanBeta Aurigae1.90
- Pi Aurigae4.30
- Kappa Aurigae4.32
- Tau Aurigae4.51
- Lambda Aurigae4.69
- Chi Aurigae4.71